the government shutdown day is next wednesday. the senate about four or five minutes ago passed a bill to avoid a government shutdown until october 1st. that bill heads to the senate. the president is expected to sign it. it is expected to pass the house and avoid a government shutdown until the next fiscal year. that is october 1st. there is no agreement on how to fund the government beyond that a number of different proposals up from democrats and republicans in the house this afternoon. they basically spent the entire day knocking each other's budgets. >> here's the theme. take more money from the economy. take more money from families. take more money from small businesses. spend it in washington and hope everything works out. it is not working out. >> our focus and our priority is on dealing with the jobs deficit. that is the best way to reduce the long-term deficit and do it in a balanced way. >> so the house will probably tomorrow pass the house republican budget. that balance the budget within 10 years and cuts some $4.5 t